Local safety appointments

A "head of department" may appoint workers to fill local safety roles, as follows, to assist with the local management of health and safety. Such appointments should be made in agreement with the nominated workers.

Local safety officers

A local safety officer would typically:

assist with promoting work health and safety (WHS) awareness

advise on WHS problems if competent to do so, or obtain advice from Safety Health & Wellbeing

provide information to staff and students on WHS hazards associated with their work

The appointment of a local safety officer does not diminish the WHS responsibility of the relevant head of department, however it does allow for delegation of some WHS related activities. Sufficient time should be allowed for local safety officers to attend to these WHS matters.

Chief wardens

The chief warden will be responsible for developing and maintaining local emergency procedures for the building, in accordance with the University's emergency management framework.